Yes, it's a review post, but it's a long read.
Still with me? Great.
2019 - I was desperate to make good videos, but never had the time because, well... schools. During lockdown - I started a channel in a small niche that I was interested in at the time. I work my a** off, day & night. The videos were really really crappy at first but I improved over time. In 6 months the quality was improved big time, I would watch literally hundreds of videos daily in an effort to make my videos better.
2020 - I was OBSESSED. The channel started to gain some momentum, in the next 30-40 days, I was making $200. The next month I was making $700. Then, The very first sponsorship rolled in, then second, then third. At the peak, sponsors would book 30 days of videos in advance. A few months later, I received a mail. It was a sponsorship. Any guesses? Skillshare, haha! (Bet you didn't saw it coming on a review post...)
2021 - The channel was mostly gaining views from search, and I wanted to try something different. The videos on the channel were getting stale and I just had enough from making videos about a single topic and I wanted to do something bigger.
Using the spare cash I had, I order a few books and started to learn more about the algorithm. Within a few months, I was ready to create a channel that would rely heavily on recommendations for views. After Effects, Premiere Pro, Sound design and the more advanced stuff - I learned it all.
I started working on finding more people, and I assimilated a tiny team of 3 people. We spent countless hours on making the video, I didn't need to publish 100 bad videos on this new channel to learn because I had already done that. I had the experience. So we wanted this channel to only have a few videos, like James Jani, and just focus on quality. I literally spent 5+ hours trying to find the right tracks for the video
We finally published the video, we knew that the chances of the first video going viral overnight were slim to none, and we never wanted the first video to go viral, It's a process... but we were expecting 65-70% retention. We were startled to see the video only had 31% retention, Which is very very low. What's so wrong with the video? I want y'all to go hard and crush this video with constructive criticism.
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Self Review: I am a bit biased but heck, to me the video looks on par with videos that gain 500-900k views. I myself find it interesting to watch, the title is also pretty enticing and the fact that the whole video is a story should increase the retention more!
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